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11
Winner St. Mary's STMUSB 27-19
6
Oklahoma Christian OC 29-11
Winner
St. Mary's STMUSB
27-19
11
Final
6
Oklahoma Christian OC
29-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Mary's STMUSB 2 0 0 3 0 3 3 11 10 1
Oklahoma Christian OC 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 6 9 3

W: Johns, Staci (16-10) L: Madison Hagood (13-6)

Game Recap: Softball | | RattlerAthletics.com

Softball wins series from Eagles after day's wait

By Heather Kennedy | St. Mary's Athletics Communications

OKLAHOMA CITY – After a one-day delay due to inclement weather, the entire team got involved on offense as all nine St. Mary's players got at least one hit in the 11-6 softball victory over Oklahoma Christian to give the Rattlers the series win on Sunday afternoon.

The Rattlers improve to 27-19 overall and 16-9 in Heartland Conference play with the win, while the Eagles fall to 29-11 on the year and 13-8 in league action. St. Mary's is now in second place in the Heartland Conference standings, ½ game back of Rogers State with five games to play, while the Hillcats have seven remaining and the Eagles still have nine left.

Freshman Bari Christian (San Antonio) was the only player on the team with two hits, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored, while the other eight players in the starting lineup all had one hit. Junior Taylor Germain (San Antonio), freshman Victoria Aldridge (Elgin, Texas) and senior Raynelle Nash (San Antonio) each scored twice and sophomore Alex Moreno (El Paso, Texas) had a game-high three RBIs.

Junior Staci Johns (Elgin) pitched her fifth-straight complete game to move to 16-10 on the year, allowing six runs on nine hits, walking four and striking out one.

The Rattlers host Texas A&M International in a doubleheader on Thursday beginning at 2 p.m. at The Park at StMU before stepping out of Heartland play for the final time in 2019 to host Texas A&M Kingsville on Tuesday, April 23 in a doubleheader at 5 p.m. The team concludes the regular season welcoming St. Edward's to town for a three-game series on April 26-27.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Germain started the game with a four-pitch walk and was successfully bunted to second by Aldridge. Nash followed with a walk and S. Johns reached on a fielding error by the second baseman to load the bases. On the first pitch, Moreno was hit to score the first run and freshman Tiffany Licon (Austin, Texas) hit into a fielder's choice to plate Nash for the 2-0 lead.

Oklahoma Christian cut the lead in half with one run in the third on two hits for the 2-1 score.

In the fourth with one out, freshman Jayme Johns (Elgin) singled to centerfield. Christian followed with a single to center. With two outs, Aldridge walked to load the bases and Nash walked for the first run of the inning. S. Johns singled down the left field line to score two more so the scoreboard read 5-1.

The Eagles answered with three runs on three hits in their half of the fourth for the 5-4 tally.

Nash took the first pitch she saw back to the pitcher for a single with one out in the sixth. With two outs, Moreno doubled to center to score Nash. Licon singled to left and scurried to second as the throw came into third. Carney knocked a single out to centerfield to plate both and send the Eagles to the bullpen with the Rattlers up 8-4.

Oklahoma Christian once again answered, scoring two runs on three hits with one StMU error to cut the Rattlers lead in half, 8-6. The Eagles made several changes to their defense, including bringing starter Madison Hagood back into the circle.

The Rattlers took advantage, as Christian singled to right field and promptly stole second. Germain singled to the pitcher and Aldridge hit a bunt single back to the pitcher, where Christian scored on a fielding error by the first baseman. Nash reached on a fielder's choice, allowing Germain to score. With one out and runners on second and third, Moreno grounded out to the short stop, scoring Aldridge for the 11-6 final.

Hagood pitched 2 1/3 innings in the loss to move to 13-6. She gave up three earned runs on three hits, walking three and striking out two. Kali Crandall threw 4 1/3 innings, giving up six runs on seven hits with four walks and three strikeouts and Lindsey Stoeckel pitched 1/3 of a frame without recording an out.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOTES
  • With her hit in the sixth inning, Raynelle Nash moved into sixth place on the St. Mary's career charts with 240 hits. She passes Sade More (2006-09), who recorded 239 hits in her time with the Blue & Gold. Nash also moved into 14th on the career RBI chart with 125, passing Vianna Gutierrez Touchtone (2012-15), who tallied 123 in her career.
  • Staci Johns threw her fifth-straight complete game and her 23rd of the year. She now has 39 complete games in her career with the Rattlers in 64 appearances.
  • Johns has reached base safely in eight of the last nine games and in 13 of the last 15. She also has seven RBIs in the last four contests.
  • Senior Raynelle Nash has reached base safely in six-straight games, the longest active streak on the team. She is one of three players with a five-game hitting streak, joining Victoria Aldridge and Alex Moreno.
  • Abigale Carney has recorded a hit in six of the last seven games and has eight hits, four runs and four RBIs over the stretch. Tiffany Licon has also reached in six of the last seven games with two runs and two RBIs during the streak.
  • The Rattlers are now 8-0 this season when Bari Christian hits out of the 9th spot in the batting order.
TEAM NOTES
  • For the fifth time this year, the Rattlers recorded double figures in RBIs, getting 10 in the 11-6 win over the Eagles. The season high is 12 tallied in the first game of the series on Friday, as they had 12 RBIs on 13 runs.
  • The Rattlers also drew seven walks on Sunday, tied for the second-highest total this season behind only the 10 they had against Fort Lewis on Feb. 16.
  • St. Mary's has stolen at least one base in the last three games and swiped a total of five against the Eagles.
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